We have a collection of sand box toys, which have not really ever had a home, except in a pile in the garage, or in a big black plastic bag somewhere. Now that the city has refilled the playground sandbox (aka neighborhood kitty litter) with sand for the summer, these toys have gone back intoRead more
First off, it’s really darn hard to go to bed at a reasonable hour when the outside looks like this close to 2 am: And with that we’ve survived the first week of No-Finnur. Seven dinners down, eleven to go.Read more
Bjarki missed out on trying to scale the climbing wall at the Spring Festival the other day so I promised him he’d get to climb later. Today I fulfilled my promise and took the kids to the Climbing House (Klifurhúsið, family hours 16-18 on Tuesdays and Thursdays this summer) after picking Bjarki up from daycare.Read more
Time has started slowing down a wee bit – it seems like it’s been a while since Emma turned three months old, whereas the first three months passed by in a hazy speedy blur. But yes, she’s four months old today, and getting stronger by the day! But yes. Finnur’s been gone for five dinnersRead more
We kindly accepted Finnur’s parent’s invitation to spend a night at their summer house at Laugarvatn this weekend.
Saturday 8 June 2013
Kids hanging out with their grandparents. Þórarinn Víkingur also stayed the night. Anna was over at the other house playing with Baddi’s girls.
Grandma Anna got roped into reading quite a few books!
Sunday 9 June 2013
Anna’s school formally ended instruction on June 5th, and will reconvene in late August sometime. It’s hard to articulate just how ready I am for her to be on vacation! It’ll be great to have no more homework (we basically gave up on having her read out loud in April sometime) and there’ll be aRead more
Here’s some stuff I bumped into as I was tidying up downstairs:Read more
Bjarki’s daycare/preschool held their graduation today, even though most of the kids will stay there until the summer vacation starts in July. Come August, Bjarki will then start attending the same school as Anna goes to, as a first grader (she’ll be a fifth grader!). As things stand now, he’ll be in a class withRead more
[Written 30 May 2013] Finnur did indeed make it back from Russia in one piece, and came back bearing gifts. The most impressive one was a ten-part matryoshka doll, which was an instant hit with Bjarki.Read more
[Written 30 May 2013]
Emma left the capital area for the first time in her living life this weekend. We decided to go for a one-night stay-over in the summerhouse Finnur co-owns with his four siblings, because we only get three weekends over the summer, and this was the first one.
We invited Holla and Óli to come along and I think (hope!) everybody had a fun time! 🙂
We arrived around 1 pm on the Saturday, after Bjarki had gone to his gym practice and Anna participated in yet another swim meet that morning. The house was pretty chilly, so one of the first things we did was start a fire. The kids were mesmerized…
Me and Emma, in our fleece jackets, waiting for warmth to arrive. I believe that’s a size 1 year Carter’s jacket…